“It is the most robust screening process for any category of individuals seeking admission into the United States”, the two Cabinet members said in the letter dated November 20. Earlier this week, Branstad ordered all agencies in Iowa to stop work on Syrian refugee resettlements.
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Given the abysmal security situation in Syria and the fact that the United States does not maintain a permanent diplomatic presence in the country, it’s hard for USA authorities to gather the information they need to thoroughly vet a Syrian applicant. It was provided to the Globe on Monday.
Last week, the Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly for a bill that would require top USA national security officials to certify that each individual migrant from Iraq and Syria is not a national security threat to the United States before being granted asylum. The White House has deemed the measure unnecessary given existing protocols.
Obama has said the US will accept at least 10,000 displaced Syrians fleeing their nation’s civil war by next year. In a letter sent to all governors, federal leaders wrote, “That not one has a right to be resettled in the United States as a refugee”.
As hundreds of thousands of refugees continue to pour into Europe, Biden told CBS DFW in remarks that have since garnered 1.2 million views, the US can not suddenly decide it is okay to treat them with suspicion and bigotry.
An interview with the United Nations high commissioner for refugees to determine if the applicant meets the definition of refugee and to see if any “red flags” would render the applicant ineligible. That check pores through law enforcement and intelligence databases. The secretaries said officers with Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, which is responsible for conducting refugee status interviews, are given five weeks of specialized training. The process includes vetting biometric information, such as fingerprints, for those between the ages of 14 and 79. We created this quiz with some of the most striking depictions: Can you match the candidate with his or her characterizations?
He said the ethnic Chechen brothers who killed three people and injured 264 in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing attack had lived in the United States for a decade before developing militant Islamist views.
A Branstad spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. “In addition to everything Syrians have gone through, I think something common among all of us is this deep and persistent feeling of loss of faith in humanity because of everything that has been going on”.
At a recent press conference, Barack Obama emphasized that the jihadist extremists are risky and have caused great difficulties for the overwhelming majority of people.
The governor’s fears are echoed by the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington-based research group.
Gov. Gary Herbert received a letter from the White House laying out the screening process for Syrian refugees before they’re admitted to U.S.
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“And when I referred to a betrayal of our values, I was being very specific about some of the commentary that was made that would suggest, for example, that we might let Christians in but not Muslims; that we – somehow we’re so fearful that a 4-year-old orphan might be let in”.
